Rethinking Modern Media

Intel Corporation: Hillsboro Computer Science, 2011-12

Liaison(s): Jack Weast
Advisor(s): Melissa O’Neill
Students(s): Chris Beavers (PM), Richard Porczak, Richard Truong, Yoyo Zhang

Despite advances in picture clarity and screen size, the traditional television experience has remained largely unchanged for over 50 years. In this project, we have reimagined how core parts of the TV experience could and should be improved to take advantage of modern technology and lifestyles. In the first, we’ve broken from the shackles of linear time based seeking and have given users complete freedom to seek intelligently and contextually within the content they are enjoying. In the second project, we’ve re-imagined the TV viewing party experience for the modern age, where participants are rarely in the same physical room together but instead are staying connected virtually through social media and other networks.